fix a crash if blk_alloc_disk fails

CVE-2024-50277
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Key Information

Vendor
Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 November 2024

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix a crash if blk_alloc_disk fails If blk_alloc_disk fails, the variable md->disk is set to an error value. cleanup_mapped_device will see that md->disk is non-NULL and it will attempt to access it, causing a crash on this statement "md->disk->private_data = NULL;".

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

Collectors

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